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Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared For Delivery Consumer Financial Protection Event, October 9, 2009: “The new Consumer Financial Protection Agency that I’ve asked Congress to create will have just one mission: to look out for the financial interests of ordinary Americans. It will be charged with setting clear rules of the road …
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News release: “The Congressional Oversight Panel today released its October oversight report, An Assessment of Foreclosure Mitigation Efforts after Six Months. The Panel expresses concern about the limited scope and scale of the Making Home Affordable program and questions whether Treasury’s strategy will lead to permanent mortgage modifications for many homeowners. Rising unemployment, weak home …
Interim Review of ATFs Project Gunrunner, Evaluation and Inspections Report I-2009-006, September 2009: “Mexican drug trafficking organizations (cartels) are a pervasive organized crime threat to the United States, according to the Department of Justices 2009 National Drug Threat Assessment. The cartels use firearms trafficked from the United States primarily from the Southwest border states …
Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Iraq: Possible Timelines and Estimated Costs, October 7, 2009 – Letter to the Honorable John F. Tierney “President Obama has announced that all U.S. combat operations for the war in Iraqalso called Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)will cease by the end of August 2010. According to the timeline described by Administration …
“Energy Explained, a new web portal launched today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), celebrates Energy Awareness Month with the most comprehensive energy education resource available from the U.S. Government. The site explains where gasoline comes from, what determines the price of electricity, how much renewable energy the United States uses, and hundreds of …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the Free Annual File Disclosures Rule, also known as the “Free Credit Report Rule.” The proposed amendments would implement a new law designed to prevent consumer confusion in advertisements for free credit reports. The amendments also would address certain practices that …
Monthly Budget Review, October 2009 – Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for August and the Daily Treasury Statements for September “CBO estimates that the federal budget deficit was about $1.4 trillion in fiscal year 2009, $950 billion greater than the shortfall recorded in 2008. The 2009 deficit was equal to 9.9 percent of gross …
CBO: Preliminary Analysis of the Chairman’s Mark for the America’s Healthy Future Act, as Amended – October 7, 2009 Letter to the Honorable Max Baucus “According to CBO and JCTs assessment, enacting the Chairmans mark, as amended, would result in a net reduction in federal budget deficits of $81 billion over the 20102019 period…”
2010 Census: Census Bureau Continues to Make Progress in Mitigating Risks to a Successful Enumeration, but Still Faces Various Challenges, GAO-10-132T, October 07, 2009 Homeland Defense: Planning, Resourcing, and Training Issues Challenge DOD’s Response to Domestic Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosive Incidents, GAO-10-123, October 07, 2009 Medicaid: State and Federal Actions Have Been …
Prepared Remarks of Chairman Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission: “At the FCC, we also recognize that mobile is central to our mission. No sector of the communications industry holds greater potential to enhance Americas economic competitiveness, spur job creation, and improve the quality of our lives. My goals with regard to mobile are the same …
Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturing Activities 2008 (10/07/2009): “In 2008, total geothermal heat pump shipments surged more than 40 percent from a year ago to 121,243 units, while capacity shipped rose almost 43 percent to 416,105 tons.”
